Kiddy swing



Oct. 16, 1951 v. D. REID, SR 2,571,611

KIDDY SWING Filed Feb. 4, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 4 INVENTOR.

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Application February 4, 1947, Serial No. 726,281

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in swings for use by children.

It is an object of the invention to provide a swing for use especiallyby small children, which swing has a low center of gravity, a rigidnonupsettable frame, and which can accommodate one to four children at atime.

A further object is the provision of a swing which is actuated by aneasy push and pull action of a childs arms and legs.

A further object is to provide a swing which has no springs or chains toreplace, and in which there is no danger of being hurt by a moving partof the swing. The seat board is cut away to provide ample space for thelegs so that the feet may rest on a foot rest. The swing can be easilymoved from place to place as a unit without disassembling, and hasbraces so placed as to be out of the way of children on the swing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a swing of this typewhich will be comfortable to sit on and to operate and wherein thechilds legs can be disposed close together upon the foot rest and atopposite sides of the seat board and wherein there is provided a wideportion of the board on which the child sits.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a swing embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the swinging action of the device.

Fig. 3 is a plan and side view of the seat of the swing.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a push and pull frame on the swing.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a seat hanger bar.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a movable connecting bar.

Fig. '7 is a view on the line A-A of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the swing is shown in Fig. 1 to comprise amain frame having base bars I, to which are attached upstanding posts 2,connected to the bars I by braces 3. Mounted on the top of each post isa bearing 4, and passing through pairs of bearings are pipes or rods 5,which also rotatably pass through straps 6 on seat hanger bars 1. Ateach end of seat 8 are two spaced bearings 8', between which arepositioned rods 9, journalled in bearings 10 on the hanger bars I.

Passing through bearings I I on the hanger bars 1, at one end of theswing, is a rod I2 which passes through a bearing 13 on a movableconnecting bar M, which is connected by a bolt 14' passing through itsbearing 15 and closely spaced upstanding posts It, which are connectedto foot rest I! which is connected to widely spaced uprights I8, thelatter and the posts It being connected to a hand bar l9 which extendsabove the board 8. The seat board 8 is narrowed to a small dimension atits intermediate portion as' indicated at 20 to be disposed betweenclosely spaced posts l6. By having the narrowed intermediate arrangementthe childrens legs can be comfortably placed on the foot rest piece ll.The portion 20 is reinforced by a narrow board piece 2| connected bybolts thereto. A bearing 23 is connected to the intermediate portion 28.A pin 24 extends through the bearing and closely spaced posts IS. Thebars I are held spaced apart by transverse pieces 25 connected to thebottom faces of the bars I so that they are removed from interferencewith movable parts of the swing.

It will be seen that the swing has no springs or chains and is sturdy instructure with no parts to fiy about to cause injury to a child. Theswing is actuated by pulling on the bar 19 and pushing on the foot restIT with the legs. Two persons can operate the swing and the seat boardis long enough to accommodate two more persons. The swing can be easilymoved about without disassembling, and can be conveniently manufactured.

The above description is to be considered as illustrative and notlimitative of the invention of which modifications can be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in theappended claim.

The invention having been described, what is claimed is:

In a swing, a main frame having parallelly disposed base bars, on theouter ends of which are fixed the lower ends of four upstanding postsand braces connecting each post to the base bar to which they are fixed,transverse pieces connected at their outer ends to the outer ends of thebase bars to maintain the base bars in spaced relation to each other, abearing on the top of each post, rods passing through each pair ofbearings each rod parallel to one of the transverse pieces so that saidrods are supported by said posts, pairs of seat hangers suspended fromthe rods at the opposite ends of the frame, bearings on said hangers, arod passing through the bearings on each pair of hangers, a seat in theform of a board supported on the undersurface thereof by the rodscarried by the hangers, bearings positioned over each rod to hold theseat on the rod, a connecting bar pivotally connected to one pair ofhangers, a foot rest, a. hand bar, second posts connecting the foot restand hand bar, a cross bolt connected to the connecting bar, and saidcross bolt pivotally connected to certain of said second posts, a pinpivotally connecting said last named posts to the center of the seat andsaid seat board having a narrow intermediate portion whereby said secondposts at the opposite sides of the board can be closely spaced togetherto render the foot rest more comfortable to the legs of a child on theswing and said swing can be actuated by two children.

VERNON D. RED), SR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,707,167 Marshall Mar. 26, 19291,930,375 Wagner Oct. 10, 1933 1,975,463 Jones Oct. 2, 1934

